Early Byzantine Public Physicians: A Short-Lived Social Phenomenon with a Long History
Studying public physicians in early Byzantium within a broader historical, social, administrative, and religious context suggests explaining their decline not (only) by the rise of hospitals and by Justinian's abolition of immunity from liturgies and of local financial support for them, as has...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2017]
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Byzantion
Year: 2017, Volume: 87, Pages: 207-231 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | Studying public physicians in early Byzantium within a broader historical, social, administrative, and religious context suggests explaining their decline not (only) by the rise of hospitals and by Justinian's abolition of immunity from liturgies and of local financial support for them, as has been the majority opinion. These should rather be seen as contributing factors, whereas the disappearance of public physicians directly resulted from their gradual transformation into state officials and incorporation into the imperial administration. |
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| ISSN: | 2294-6209 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Byzantion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BYZ.87.0.3256906 |